Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Apart from her random suspicions and love-sickness, Gong Ziyu's only asset is her ability to attract the Edgeless Assassin.

Gong Yuanzheng found out that it was the steward Jia from the Zheng Palace who secretly replaced one of the ingredients in the Baicaocui prepared for Zhiren.

Gong Yuanzheng directly captured Manager Jia and brought him in front of everyone, but he didn't expect that Manager Jia said anything before. After seeing Gong Ziyu, he acted as if he was bullied and said that it was Gong Yuanzheng who ordered him to replace the herbs, which caused the Baicaocu taken by the previous owner to become ineffective, and then he died of poisoning.

Gong Ziyu got furious again when he heard this. He stared at Gong Shangjiao and insisted that he send Gong Yuanzheng to the dungeon for interrogation.

Of course Gong Shangjiao refused, but this time it was clear that even if Gong Yuanzheng did not harm the former Sword Master and the Young Master, it was indeed Gong Yuanzheng who made such a big mistake, so Gong Shangjiao gritted his teeth and agreed to send Gong Yuanzheng to the dungeon, but at the same time he warned Jin Fan: "I agree that my brother goes to the dungeon, but if I find out what kind of punishment my brother has suffered, I will pay him back double!"

Gong Shangjiao's ability to act is not comparable to that of Gong Ziyu, a weakling. On that day, Gong Shangjiao found out that the son of Manager Jia, who committed suicide out of fear of crime, had been seriously ill before, but suddenly recovered two years ago. Then he found a token belonging to Wufeng in Manager Jia's room, with the word "Mei" engraved on it.

Gong Shangjiao certainly knew that the affairs of Manager Jia were very strange. There was no way he could be Wufeng's spy or assassin. Instead, he was most likely threatened and bribed by the assassin who had been lurking in Wufeng twenty years ago.

However, Gong Shangjiao thought it was a good thing to clear Gong Yuanzheng's suspicion at the moment, so he handed the token to the elders and went to the dungeon to pick up Gong Yuanzheng.

Gong Yuanzheng was easy to coax, but Gong Shangjiao, who had fallen into inertial thinking and had no idea about the frontless assassin, was desperate and thought of Jiang Xinxin who was visiting the back mountain.

In Gong Shangjiao's mind, although he had never seen this Miss Jiang Xinxin before, she was able to reduce the toxicity of the miasma in the valley, so she was obviously not an ordinary person.

Besides, Gong Shangjiao was in urgent need of manpower. Since this Miss Jiang Xinxin had been unanimously confirmed by the elders in the back mountain to be fine, he also wanted to see whether the new entrant could arouse the reaction of the Edgeless Assassins.

When Gong Shangjiao approached the elders to talk about this matter, he was surprised to be unanimously rejected by the three elders.

"Shang Jiao, we all know that the palace is having a hard time this time, but it is ultimately our own business. Miss Jiang is indeed an extraordinary person, but this is no reason or excuse for us to push our luck."

Then the three elders simply proposed that Gong Ziyu and Gong Shangjiao, who were already adults, and Gong Yuanzheng, who was not yet an adult, should all choose their brides. Otherwise, outsiders would not be allowed to enter the palace in the short term, and the young masters would have to wait another ten or twenty years to get married.

Upon hearing this, Gong Ziyu challenged Gong Shangjiao directly, "Master Jiao has always wanted to do everything the best. This time he has to choose a bride from the ones I left behind. I'm sure he won't be happy about that."

Gong Shangjiao chuckled, "Brother Ziyu, just help me keep Miss Shangguan here."

Gong Ziyu was humiliated and could only say to the elders with a gloomy face: "I choose Miss Yun Weishan."

Gong Yuanzheng was amused. "That Yun Weishan was suspected of murdering the bride chosen by the young master. Gong Ziyu, you were still clamoring for justice for Zhi Ren and the young master yesterday, but today you have detained the suspect who harmed the bride..."

The two were about to start arguing again, and the elders secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that they had no intention of taking action. They only asked Gong Shangjiao to investigate the origins of Shangguan Qian and Yun Weishan and then prepared to withdraw, forgetting that Gong Yuanzheng had not yet said who he would choose.

However, Gong Shangjiao's goal had not yet been achieved. He simply used the reason that Gong Ziyu, the blade bearer, had not yet undergone the three-domain trial to keep several elders.

"When Gong Ziyu succeeded the position of Blade Master, I, Gong Shangjiao, still do not recognize him. Especially now that the dust has settled, there has never been a Blade Master who has not passed the Three Realms Trial. So what I mean is, if brother Ziyu wants me, Jiaogong, to recognize his position as Blade Master, he should at least pass the Three Realms Trial."

"Back then, the young master and I both passed the trial in about two months. Now we all know that Gong Ziyu is a hopeless case, so I won't deliberately make things difficult for him. As long as he can pass the trial within three months, I, Jiao Gong, will have nothing to say."

Gong Yuanzheng also stood up to support Gong Shangjiao. The three elders looked at each other and thought that Gong Shangjiao would not make things difficult for Gong Ziyu, so they agreed to let Gong Ziyu pass the trial in three months.

Gong Ziyu was ridiculed again and was naturally very angry, but Gong Yuanzheng had been cleared of the suspicion of murdering Zhi Ren and the young master, and he could not continue to hold on to this point, otherwise it would only make himself look more ridiculous.

But seeing Gong Shangjiao looking up at the sky, he was also aroused a little bit of blood: "Then please open your eyes, Master Jiao, and see how I pass the three-realm test."

However, several elders also saw that Gong Shangjiao still wanted to say something, and were afraid that he would implicate Jiang Xinxin in front of everyone, so they left quickly, which made Gong Shangjiao feel a little jealous.

When Gong Shangjiao led Gong Yuanzheng back to Jiao Palace, Gong Yuanzheng started saying that Shangguan Qian was not a good person.

Gong Shangjiao wanted to teach Gong Yuanzheng something, so he suppressed his smile and asked, "Who do you think is prettier, Shangguan Qian or Yun Weishan?"

Gong Yuanzheng said gloomily that women are just like that, but seeing that Gong Shangjiao was asking him seriously, he felt annoyed and could only answer honestly: "Each is beautiful in her own way..."

Gong Shangjiao said sternly, "So, they are all in danger in their own way. I asked Shangguan Qian to come to Jiaogong because I wanted to see what her purpose was in making so many small moves."

Gong Yuanzheng was happy when he heard this. As long as his brother didn't really want to marry Shangguan Qian, his brother would still be his brother.

When Gong Yuanzheng was happy, he couldn't help but think of the excessive similarity between the names Jiang Lili and Jiang Xinxin. "Brother, do you think there is any connection between the Miss Jiang in the back mountain and the Miss Jiang chosen by the young master who died of poisoning? Their names sound like sisters."

Gong Shangjiao shook his head and said, "It should be that the names of the two Miss Jiangs just happen to be similar. After all, if the Miss Jiang chosen by the young master really has a talent who can solve the miasma, then Miss Jiang will only be a distinguished guest invited by us, not a bride."

Gong Yuanzheng also thought it made sense, but he thought that he must find an opportunity to secretly go to the back mountain to see what Miss Jiang Xinxin looked like, as she was being hidden by the three elders.